: kAratak : 2501 Atmadharma : 43 :
sonagaDhamAn mangal dIpAvalIparva
mahAvIraprabhunA 2500 varShIy nirvANamahotsavano umangabharyo prArambh
jem jem Asovad amAs najIk AvatI hatI tem tem nirvANapremI
mumukShuonA antar nirvANamahotsav jovA mATe–ujavavA mATe Atur banatA hatA.
mumukShunAn man ane ghar bannemAn parivartan thavA mAnDayun hatun...jANe mokShanA
mangalaprabhAtanI uShA pragaTavA mAnDI hatI...chaudasanI rAt gaI...hajI amAs UgI na
hatI–tyAn to mangal sharaNAIo gunjI UThI, hajAro dIvaDAthI mandiro jhagajhagI UThayA,
vIranAthanA mangal gIt ghareghare gAjI UThayA. nirvANanI apUrva ghaDI AvI pahonchI.
hajAro mumukShuo dev–gurunA darshan mATe AvI pahonchyA. kahAnagurune paN nirvANotsav
mATe ghaNo umang hato, anek divasothI A mangalaprasangane yAd karI karIne teo kahetA
ke ahA, A utsav saue ujavavA jevo chhe. aDhIhajAr varShano Avo avasar jIvanamAn
Avyo, te mahAbhAgya chhe; nirvANanA mangalaprabhAtamAn ja Atmikashaktione yAd karIne
teno mahimA karatAn kahyun ke AvI shaktivALo AtmA chhe–te AtmAmAn nirvANautsav
ujavAy chhe. mahAvIr bhagavAn mokSha pAmyA teno Aje mangaL divas chhe; nirvANapremI
jIvo bhagavAnanA nirvANano utsav Ujave chhe; te mahAn utsav AjathI sharU thAy chhe.
AvA mangalapUrvak utsav sharU thayo. sau pratham shrI mahAvIr–paramAgam mandiramAn
birAjamAn mahAvIrabhagavAnanI bhAvabhInI panchakalyANak pUjA thaI...ahA, vIranAthane
dekhI dekhIne sAdhakajIvonun AtmavIrya ullasit thAy chhe. AvI bhAvabhInI pUjA karatAn
bhaktonun haiyun Anandit thatun hatun. shrI vIranAthabhagavAnathI ApaNe dUr nathI paN temanI
najIk ja chhIe evA bhAvothI pUjan karyun.
pUjan bAd mangal gIt–gAn–bhajano thayA pachhI gurudevanun pravachan thayun.
pravachanamAn vIramArgano ghaNo mahimA batAvatAn gurudeve kahyun ke, bhagavAn mahAvIrano
nirvANamahotsav ujavavAnI sAchI rIt e chhe ke bhagavAne IShTaupadeshamAn jevo
AtmasvabhAv batAvyo chhe tevo potAnA gnAnamAn–anubhavamAn laIne, mokShamArgamAn
AtmAne sthit karavo. bhagavAne dekhADelA nirvANamArgamAn pariNamavun te ja sAcho
nirvANamahotsav chhe.
vIranAthanA nirvANamahotsav prasange, pravachanamAn vIramArganun shravaN karatAn ullAs thato